My 84 extra cab is gone. Tacoma build now.

[BLACKDOG]

looking good Hyena.  How are those pipe fenders coming?? 

Why'd you go this way, as opposed to building someting on the bedrails, so that you would have more bedspace??

[Hyena]

I like my bedspace, it is just right.  I wanted something on the front fenders to help slide along things, not just bash straight through the fender and get me stuck.  I am going over to my friends house today to start bending the pipe for sure.  I made some shackles today out of some 2 1/2x3/8xabout 11 inches long.  The eye to eye is right around 10 inches.  My old shackles were 6 inches eye to eye.  It lifted the rear about 2 inches.  I am going to move the shackle mount forward for a better shackle angle.  I also made a nut for the tire carrier and clamp the tire on the carrier, pics to come!

[Hyena]

Guess i am ditching the front fender piping.  They turned out like .  I even packed them with sand and they still kinkded like crazy. 

[Jared]

brad if you want to over summer come on down to elk grove and i will let you use my tube bender.......

[4DEES]

yo brad,too me the truck looks good without the piping,keep it like that ,just my 

[Hyena]

Might be getting some used 37 inch MTR's for cheap!  might even have rims too.

[TEXXX]

where are ya getting those??

[Hyena]

Scott Runnels' old tires.  Scott is gonna try and get ahold of Jessie Duarte (who has them now, i hope)  for me.  Jessie is running his 38's and has the 37's just sitting around.  Or at least i hope he does, thats what i have heard.

[TEXXX]

LUCKY.... i want 37's cheap!

[Hyena]

So today i got my shackle mounted 2 inches forward of stock and kept the double shackle.  the shackle angle is way better.  I also started on my 1/4 inch thick rear trail driveline.  And almost got my spare tire carrier done.  Will finish them tomarrow.  Pics will come tomarrow.

[sloyota]

where's the foto's?  

[Hyena]

Sorry, wasn't home after school today.  hopefully i can remember them tomarrow.  I got the driveline done.  It starts vibrating badly at about 30mph but it is only a trail driveline so it doesn't matter.  we are leaving Thursday night at about 8 or 9 pm for the rubicon.  Doing a little night wheeling up there to Spider.  Both James and I pulled the windows out of our extra cab portion so they don't break if we were to flop-roll.  We still have the windshields in and i still have my rear window in.

[WheelinBabe]

Bad ass toyota!

[motorider228]

i really want to see this trail driveline of yours because i read about it in another thread when someone else was talking about building it and it sounds like a good idea.

[Hyena]

I will post pictures of it.  I think i pretty much landed on it many times over the weekend.  My other driveline would have prezeld over and over.

[Hyena]

Here are the pics of the driveline.  You can see the marks/scares in it. 

[MiniSimp]

Nice!

[Hyena]

The camera is still fugged up and it is gonna take $300 to fix it.  Don't think thats gonna happen.  I arc welded it, not bad welds i guess.  I hadn't arc welded for a couple months before i did this.  All we did was cut the old tube off and weld the new one on.  The new one is 1/4 inch thick, it is like 2 1/4 or something like that ID (inner diameter).  I think it is Pipe, but not sure.  It sure held up good on the trail.

[TEXXX]

looks good brad ya gotta help me build one!

[crawlerdan]

make the flat bed legal man! it was sweeeet!

[Hyena]

I got a new camera for my graduation so pictures will be updated soon.  maybe tomarrow.

[Hyena]

Here are the pics with my new camera.  My new starter i just put in today.

[Hyena]

couple of my truck.

[Hyena]

My new leak that started right after the Rubicon Memorial trip.

[Hyena]

This is our moving truck we rented today.  We sold theh ouse and my mom is moving to Texas for a new job.  I will be living in the house untill I have to move out then i am going to live with James (Jack8542).

[Yota4life]

Take a pic of your rear shackle angle

[TEXXX]

brad, what are you up to this weekend?

[WheelinBabe]

the kid is in Texas.. go figure, but I think he should be back by this weekend, not that I keep tabs on the kid or N E THING?!

[Hyena]

Ya im in Texas, helped my mom move down here.  I will be flyin back tomarrow (Tuesday).  Is the Rubithon this weekend?  I might be heading up there.  Gotta get ahold of James though.

[Hyena]

Take a pic of your rear shackle angle

I will do that when i get back!